Ross's
Geese Chen rossii

Montrose
Point, Lincoln Park
Chicago
Cook County, IL
17 February 2006

On 17 February
2006, Bob Hughes and Kanae Hirabayashi found two Ross's Geese at Montrose
Point with a flock of close to 30 Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens).
This was pretty exciting as Ross's Goose had never previously been
confirmed in Lincoln Park. Word spread; John Purcell called me at
home and I was able to squeeze in a visit before going to work. There
was also a probable hybird Ross's x Snow Goose in the flock.

Here is one
of the two Ross's Geese with some blue morph and white morph Snow
Geese.

Here is a
photo showing both Ross's Geese.

In the following
photo there are three birds. A Ross's Goose is on the right, and a
Snow Goose is in the middle. I'm not sure whether that's the second
Ross's Goose on the left or the hybrid.

This
page was last updated on 18 February 2006.
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